V-Device
Vidana

LA RECENSIONE

The V-Device were born in 2009 from the merging of intentions of two members of Primaluce, Davide Luce and Guy Costanzo. Initially started almost as a joke, the project quickly evolved, leading to their debut album “Calling Europe” in 2012, which gave them the opportunity to step beyond the national borders on the live front. This work immediately made two things clear: first, that the V-Device play rock, but fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how one wants to see it) they don’t want to share anything with what is trending nowadays in Italy; the second – perhaps the clearest – is that they know what they’re doing. We are not talking about a teenage band dealing with their main hobby, but rather about mature musicians who see in their music the best interpretation of what goes through their minds. And these are twisted minds, let’s be honest. Especially after listening to “Vidana,” an album with so many inputs to offer the listener that it’s almost difficult to describe it in the best way. It’s an album that should be listened to, especially if you grew up with artistically above-average bands both old and new: we could hence speak of The Who and Pink Floyd to reach our days with Mars Volta, Melvins, and Kyuss for example. Don't take it personally if I have called some of your idols into question; the intent is simply to make clear the great work Our Guys have done in terms of songwriting. A band that has managed to merge the multiple shades of the word rock, resulting in some ways old-school and in others damn modern and effective. Tracks like “Policeman blues”, “My Chevrolet” and “Damned Spring” are three examples of how the V-Device have a 360-degree vision of music, allowing themselves everything, without hesitation. Between the “hard” version and the more “calm” one, the choice naturally falls on the former, yet even in the softer moments, there is a tendency to keep listening without skipping to the next track, which is no small feat. This “Vidana” is an important affirmation, an album that we hope can help the V-Device obtain the success they undoubtedly deserve.